Barça seeks to revive in Berlin

Barça seeks to revive in Berlin

BARCELONA, 18 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –

Barça visits ALBA Berlin this Tuesday at the Mercedes-Benz Arena (8:00 p.m.), on matchday 15 of the Regular Phase of the Euroleague, with the will and almost the need to bounce back against the bottom of the competition, after losing at home to an Emporio Armani Milan that regained strength at the expense of the 'culers'.

Despite arriving without Nikola Mirotic and with other significant casualties, the Italian team attacked the Palau Blaugrana (86-90) last Friday and once again created doubts in the Blaugrana team. Now, in terms of action-reaction, Roger Grimau's men must re-emerge at the home of the last placed team.

There is no other option but to win. Losing against ALBA Berlin, which has barely had two victories in the entire competition, could cause serious moral damage to the Blaugrana squad, since at the moment they have not had two defeats in a row, and doing so against them, according to the classification , worse equipment would be more serious.

So, to turn the tables and return to the path of victory, to defend the second position they still occupy, Roger Grimau's men must appeal to the good basketball shown, despite the nerves of the first quarter, against Baskonia in the Endesa League this past weekend (82-62 at the Palau).

With no casualties except for a last-minute injury, the team is ready to face a new continental battle against an ALBA Berlin team that does not have, due to injury, former Blaugrana Marcus Eriksson or Ziga Samar, who has missed the last three games and who will not be wait for this Tuesday in the Berlin fiefdom.

The German team, coached by the Spanish Israel González, has just lost on the last day of the Euroleague against Red Star Belgrade (85-71). However, in their last two home games, they faced Anadolu Efes Istanbul (89-97) and beat Zalgiris Kaunas (64-62).

So Barça would do well not to go out on the field disconnected, as happened against an Emporio Armani Milan team that came out very engaged from the triple and gained a good advantage. There was a reaction, but insufficient, from a Barça that lost its undefeated status at the Palau Blaugrana and that, in Berlin, hopes to once again show its best side.

DATASHEET.

–EQUIPMENT.

DAWN BERLIN: Spagnolo, Brown, Procida, Wetzell and Thiemann –possible initial quintet–; Delow, Mattisseck, Schneider, Thomas, Nikic, Olinde and Bean.

BARÇA: Satoransky, Laprovittola, Kalinic, Da Silva and Hernangómez –possible starting quintet–; Paulí, Vesely, Brizuela, Abrines, Nnaji, Jokubaitis and Parra.

–REFEREES: Vilius, Racys and Giovannetti.

–PAVILLION: Mercedes-Benz Arena.

–TIME: 20.00/Movistar+.